Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance is proud to premier its latest evening-length site-based experience, Because, in the gymnasium of the Clifton Forge Armory on November 2nd from 7PM – 9PM. Gymnasiums are emotional spaces of triumph, defeat, intensity, and mundanity. They are distinctly different, recognizably the same, and always timeless. Created specifically for gymnasiums, Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance’s latest work, Because, is an expansive, intimate, and existential exhibition of athleticism, humanity, and nostalgia. Because, like gyms, we are the same and different at every age; Because memory is just as much an act of fantasy as a recollection of fact; Because all that is certain is the end, there will be a party in a gym. And we believe it’s one to remember. A reception and talk-back between artists and the audience follows the performance.
Choreography: Shannon Hummel in collaboration with the dancers.
Performers: Nikki Assanti, Ross Honaker, Ammara Shafqat, and Keon Washington with additional collaboration by Katie Dean
Original Score: Hans Bilger including work by Fiona Apple, The Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, and The College of Wooster Marching Band
Production Manager: Tyler Renfroe